Mathai
Origin
Syriac
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Kerala form of Matthew (Hebrew Mattityahu, gift of Yahweh) via Syriac Mattai; among US Malayali families it now most often honors a grandfather as a middle name, while the sons themselves get Mathew with one t, the giveaway Kerala spelling”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mathai peaked in the 1970s.
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